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Monday, April 21, 2003
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Join the ‘save Earth’ campaign
Tomorrow is International Earth Day

by Vinod Kumar

Earth is full of natural wonders. It has every thing, which enables us to live quality life. Rapid industrialisation has posed a great threat to ecological balance on earth. April 22 is observed as International Earth Day all over the world to make persons aware of the need for the conservation of the natural recourses. Water is the central theme for Earth Day 2003. We are providing a list of Website, which will give the information on Earth Day and the problems on which we need to work on.

www.earthsite.org

This is the official Earth Day Website. The main aim of this Website is to get attention for the Earth Day idea. On this site, the history of Earth Day is given and information related to this day is available. Here you can read the Earth Magna Carta, a document that discusses the ideals behind the campaign for earth as well as the actions, which should be taken. Information about John McConnel the ‘founder’ of Earth Day is available. Here links of some other useful sites, which contain some information on this topic, are also given.

www.earthday.net

This is another site, which has ample information on the Earth Day. List of campaigns, which are being carried out worldwide on the occasion are listed. A search engine is provided that can be used to search Earth Day events. Anyone interested can join the Earth Day network through a simple step-by-step process and get e-mails on environmental issues and Earth Day activities globally. Material created by Earth Day network is available for download in PDF format. This site is available in different languages like Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian and many more.

www.makingindiagreen.org/earthday.htm

As the name suggests, this site aims at spreading message of conservation of natural recourses. This site will give you information that you need to know about Earth Day right from latest news to articles. In the bookstore section, many book from Indian publishers on environment are listed. You can download some cool stuff like celebrate life, nature, and mother earth with a theme just for the occasion for free. From here you can send free greeting cards to your friends and can get a free eco-game by just subscribing to mailing list.